Plate mail (base item)

Plate mail ([)
Item Type	Body armor
Sprite
Weight	500s		400s		320s
Danger Level	3		9?		18
Material	Iron		Mithril		Adamantium
Sprite
Weight				240s		720s		100s
Danger Level				36		12		?
Material				Eternium		Crystal		Truesilver

Plate mail is one of the basic types of body armor in ADOM. It consists of a coat of chain mail with some number of embedded plates for added protection. It comes in six varieties based on the material from which it is made.

Desirability

Plate mail provides the best protection among ADOM basic armor types (ring, scale, chain, splint, plate) and is rivaled only by full plate armor added in version 1.2.0. Naturally, it is heavier than other basic types of armor, although the difference becomes marginal for higher metals.

Guaranteed/Common Sources

They can be obtained in the same manner as all generic loot. Eternium plate mail is often dropped by Chaos knights and Chaos warriors. The Dwarven guardian spirit drops a vigilant truesilver plate mail of protection when it is destroyed. One of the statues in Bug Temple yields a vigilant adamantium plate mail of traveling when destroyed.

Greater Identify information

---------------------- blessed plate mail (-2, -4) [-4, +7]--------------------


When worn it modifies DV by -4 and PV by +7.
When used in melee combat it grants a -2 bonus to hit and causes 3d2 points of
damage. When used as a missile it grants a -4 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2
points of damage.

------------------ blessed mithril plate mail (-2, -4) [-3, +9]----------------


When worn it modifies DV by -3 and PV by +9.
When used in melee combat it grants a -2 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2 points
of damage. When used as a missile it grants a -4 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2
points of damage.

--------------- uncursed adamantium plate mail (-2, -4) [-2, +11]--------------


When worn it modifies DV by -2 and PV by +11.
When used in melee combat it grants a -2 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2 points
of damage. When used as a missile it grants a -4 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2
points of damage.

---------------- uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +13]---------------


When worn it modifies DV by -1 and PV by +13.
When used in melee combat it grants a -1 bonus to hit and causes 1d8+4 points
of damage. When used as a missile it grants a -2 bonus to hit and causes 1d8+4
points of damage.

----------------- uncursed crystal plate mail (-2, -4) [-2, +11]---------------


When worn it modifies DV by -2 and PV by +11.
When used in melee combat it grants a -2 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2 points
of damage. When used as a missile it grants a -4 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2
points of damage.

------------------ blessed truesilver plate mail [+0, +9]----------------


When worn it modifies DV by +0 and PV by +9.
When used in melee combat it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2 points
of damage. When used as a missile it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d6+2
points of damage.

Stat table

Material	Danger Level	Weight	Typical stats	Notes
Iron	3	500s	(-2, -4) [-4, +7]	Can be rusted
Mithril	9?	400s	(-2, -4) [-3, +9]
Adamantium	18	320s	(-2, -4) [-2, +11]
Eternium	36	240s	(-1, -2) [-1, +13]
Crystal	12	720s	(-2, -4) [-2, +11]	Cannot be smithed
Truesilver	?	100s	[+0, +9]	Cannot be smithed

Some item DLs and/or stat modifier distribution taken from Anilatx's research.